Point of historical clarification
The Tampa incident took place in August 2001.
The "children overboard" fracas took place in October 2001.
According to Newspoll, support for the Coalition was rising before the Tampa incident and fell after "children overboard".
Memory, particularly highly emotionally charged memory, is not necessarily very reliable.
The "children overboard" fracas took place in October 2001.
According to Newspoll, support for the Coalition was rising before the Tampa incident and fell after "children overboard".
Memory, particularly highly emotionally charged memory, is not necessarily very reliable.